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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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The colors are the national forage map: every square kilometer of the lower 48, scored the same way. See the honey flow for your state and town, the best and worst spots we found, or how the scoring works.

Forage report for 40.9875, -84.5837

Estimated forage here is better than about 98% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in summer (97th percentile) and lowest in spring and fall (15th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 2.5 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 99th percentile (spring 26th, summer 100th, fall 15th)
  • Ohio: 98th percentile (spring 15th, summer 97th, fall 15th)
  • Huron/Erie Lake Plains: 98th percentile (spring 37th, summer 96th, fall 13th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Ohio, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

  • First forage: Apr 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 18,067 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 7,871 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 77 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 2,020 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 430 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 89 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Clover/Wildflowers; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber

An estimate from public maps (USDA crop maps 2021-2025 averaged, LANDFIRE vegetation), not a survey of the ground. Maps can't see garden plantings, understory density, other beekeepers' hives, or this year's weather. Honey composition is a nectar-source estimate, not a pollen analysis. Benchmark 2026.5. How this works.